There are a lot of brands that boast about their American heritage, even if they’re only a few decades old. Then there’s Stetson. The quintessential Western brand was founded in 1865 by John B.

The company's factory in Garland, Texas, employs more than 200 workers. Stetson hats are an American classic like baseball, apple pie and fireworks on the Fourth of July. The company was founded by ...

Note: This story has been updated to correct G. Henry Stetson's role with the John B. Stetson Company following his father's death, and the company that manufactures Stetson hats. DELAND − Long before ...

NORWELL − Cornet Robert Stetson certainly sounds like a dashing figure, part of the Great Pilgrim Migration, an enterprising founder of the town of Norwell who deserves to be remembered. And so he was ...